[I. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT]
[III. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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GOING TO CONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. IT IS 1:21 P.M. WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON TWO OF THE ITEMS FROM EXECUTIVE. FIRST IS THE CDC PRESIDENT'S PERFORMANCE METRICS. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. EVERYBODY'S APPROVED. AND I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY.
SECOND ITEM IS GOING TO BE A LET'S SEE HERE. CONSIDER AN ACT TO APPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND MODIFICATION WITH. IS IT CJ S FAMILY PROPERTIES LLC? IS THAT CORRECT? ONE. OKAY, SO BRANCH OFFICE PARK. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THAT AMENDMENT. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT.
SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? FIVE ZERO WITH CLINT ABSTAINING. WE WANT TO GO GET HIM OR NOT.
[V.A. Consider and act upon a Resolution appointing a CEDC Board Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer.]
WE WILL JUMP INTO THE ACTION ITEMS REAL QUICK. THEN WE'LL GET THE STAFF PRESENTATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE FIRST ITEM WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON RESOLUTION RESOLUTION APPOINTING CDC BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. AND THEN WE'LL JUMP TO THE BULLOCK TRACK. SO ON ITEM A, DO WE HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR. I GUESS WE WON'T TAKE THEM IN ORDER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OR. ANYBODY HAVE A PREFERENCE? YEAH. RENOMINATE CLINT FOR BOARD CHAIR. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY. THAT PASSES. HOW ABOUT VICE CHAIR? I'LL NOMINATE ANDREW IF NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO I SECOND. OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY. APPROVED. NEXT IS SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND CURRENTLY CINDY IS SECRETARY AND WE DO NOT HAVE A TREASURER. CORRECT. DO WE EVEN HAVE A TREASURER YET? OKAY. WE WILL. I'LL NOMINATE CINDY TO FOR SECRETARY. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. GOT A MOTION, A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL APPROVED. AND LASTLY IS TREASURER. ABBY. PRESENT? HAPPY TO. I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE. OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST CITY POLICY THAT PREVENTS THAT. THEN I'LL NOMINATE CODY HUNTER FOR TREASURER. OKAY. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY. NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO THE BULLET PACK AND BULLET. OKAY, ROCKY, MOVE[VI.B. Discussion regarding the Willock Masterplan.]
TO THE BULLET TRACK PRESENTATION NEXT. ANTHONY. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO WILL IT TRACK. WE'LL GET THE PRESENTATION UP HERE FOR YOU.JUST AS A AS A BIT OF A RECAP. AS THE BOARD KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN
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FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH NORWICH DESIGN, JHP AND CATALYST FROM A MASTER PLANNING SITE FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT, AND THEN OF COURSE, FROM CATALYST HELPING US EVALUATE THE ECONOMICS OF THE SITE. AND SO THIS IS THE KIND OF FRUITS OF ALL OF THAT DISCUSSION. WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, WE'VE DONE A PUBLIC INPUT SESSION. AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DID KIND OF THIS OVERALL DISCUSSION OF THE MASTER PLAN. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY LOOKING AT KIND OF, AGAIN, THE RESULTS OF THAT PLAN, THE PROCESS WISE, WE PLAN TO THEN TAKE BOARD'S FEEDBACK TODAY AND THEN TAKE THIS THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE RICK EISNER WITH NORA'S DESIGN TO BEGIN GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL TODAY. JASON CLONCH AND MYSELF, RICK LEISNER WITH NORRIS DESIGN. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION RATHER BRIEFLY.LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN SOME QUESTIONS AFTERWARD. PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DURING THIS PROCESS. ANTHONY AND HIS TEAM DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN GETTING US THE DATA THAT WE REQUIRED. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS WONDERFUL SITE THAT'S LOCATED JUST ON THE OUTSKIRTS, ADJACENT TO THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN CONNECTIVITY TO ALLESLEY PARK, A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR CURRENT USES AND THE MANY USES THAT ARE COMING TO SALINA. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE GOAL STATEMENTS THAT WERE THAT WERE DEFINED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE. THE SIX ITEMS ARE, IN ESSENCE, REAL TENETS OF THE PROCESS ITSELF.
TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SPACES, CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS. RETURN ON PUBLIC INVESTMENT, OF COURSE, WAS KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN. SOME OF THE KEY PROGRAM ITEMS ITEMS ARE RIGHT THERE LISTED FOR YOU. PUBLIC SPACE, AGAIN, IS KIND OF THE THE CORE COMPONENT THAT WEAVES THESE USES AND CONNECTS EVERYTHING TOGETHER FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USES, EXCUSE ME, FROM THE RESTAURANT USES AND TO MANY OF THE OTHER SUPPORTING USES IN THEIR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FROM A, FROM A THEMING OF, OF OUTDOOR FESTIVAL TYPE OF USES AND FAMILY COMPONENTS. THE DEVELOPMENT CONNECTED HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN ITSELF FROM A PLAN VIEW. WE'RE ACTUALLY EAST IS THE NORTH END IS THE UP END. NORTH IS OVER TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE. BUT AGAIN, THE PURPLE IS IDENTIFYING MANY OF THE DIFFERENT RETAIL COMMERCIAL USES STARTING OUT IN THE BREWERY BEER GARDEN, WHERE THE EXISTING SILOS ARE ADJACENT TO ASH AND THE RAIL LINE. AS YOU MOVED IN A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST, YOU SEE THE FOOD HALL, FARM TO TABLE RESTAURANTS, A COUPLE MUSIC DESTINATION RESTAURANTS THAT THAT BACK ONTO THAT BEAUTIFUL DOE, BRANCH CREEK AND AMENITIES AREA. AND THEN RIGHT THERE AT THE CORE, THERE'S A SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTEL THAT HAS AN EVENT CONFERENCE CENTER, COORDINATED, COORDINATED WITH IT ALL, UTILIZING THE EVENT SPACE, THAT FESTIVAL SPACE THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE DOWNTOWN MIGHT BE HAVING THAT ALLESLEY PARK MIGHT BE HAVING. AND ALSO WE WANT TO HAPPEN HERE WITHIN THE PROPERTY ITSELF. AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A LONG TERM MASTER PLAN. SO THESE USES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN OVER A SERIES OF YEARS STARTING TODAY. OVER ON THE OKLAHOMA DRIVE SIDE, YOU'LL SEE A RETAIL SITE AND A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SITE THAT ARE QUITE CRITICAL TO THE IMAGE OF THE SITE AND POSSIBLY WHAT COULD BE SOME EARLY YEAR DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THERE'S ROUGHLY A 8.3 ACRE SITE, A COMMERCIAL RETAIL NODE, IF YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY THAT HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LARGER.
EMPLOYMENT AND RETAIL COMMERCIAL USES, ALONG, AGAIN, WITH MORE SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT USES. ADJACENT BRANCH CREEK. HERE WE HAVE A KIND OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF THAT LOOKING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. AGAIN, THE REAL FOCUS, THE CENTER IS THAT HOTEL EVENT CENTER. THAT CAN BE A REAL CATALYST FOR THIS PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO FESTIVALS AND ENTERTAINMENT USES. A BOUTIQUE HOTEL IS JUST WHAT DOWNTOWN IS REALLY NEEDING. AND I'M SURE AFTER THIS ONE GETS BUILT, THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE THAT WILL BE SERVING THE THE GROWTH
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THAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT THERE. FROM THIS VIEW, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT CONNECTION OF DOE BRANCH CREEK AND HOW THAT REALLY PROVIDES THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THIS SITE AND CONNECTING INTO DOWNTOWN AND OVER TO THE OUSLEY PARK. WE HAVE A RANGE OF DIFFERENT USES AND SQUARE FOOTAGE IS SHOWN ON THIS, THIS CHART HERE, AGAIN, ROUGHLY, WE'RE ROUGHLY AT 32 ACRES GROSS. WE ROUGHLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 220 SOMETHING SQUARE FEET WITHIN THE SITE THAT'S QUITE FLEXIBLE. THAT COULD GO UP, THAT COULD GO DOWN DEPENDING UPON THE DIFFERENT DENSITY LEVELS. AND LET ME GET IN AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. THE CREEK CORRIDOR ITSELF WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IS A VERY MUCH A PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED CREEK CORRIDOR WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE. AND WE FEEL THAT WE CAN, THROUGH A DESIGN STANDPOINT, WE CAN PRESERVE THE EXISTING TREES ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE CREEK AND ALTERNATE BACK AND FORTH, AND LAYING THAT CREEK EDGE DOWN, ALLOWING DESIGNING FOR FOR FLOOD RETENTION AND FLOOD WATER MOVEMENT, BUT STILL BRINGING ABOUT IN PRESERVING THAT VALUE OF EXISTING TREES ALONG THAT CREEK. AGAIN, WITH PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, BOARDWALKS ALONG BOTH SIDES. THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF IS ACTUALLY DIVIDED INTO FIVE BRIEF ZONES. THE ZONE TO THE NORTH IS REALLY THE MOST INTENSELY ACTIVE COMMERCIAL AREA, WITH THE BEER GARDEN AND FOOD HALLS. ZONE TWO IS THAT THAT ARC OF OF MUSIC DESTINATION RESTAURANTS THAT ON THE NORTHERN END ALSO. BUT THEY PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTIPLE USERS TO BE IN THIS AREA. ZONE NUMBER THREE IS THE, IS, IS THE SIGNIFICANT OPEN SPACE FEATURE, HAVING THE HOTEL, THE EVENT CENTER, AND ALSO CONNECTING TO DOE BRANCH CREEK. NUMBER FOUR IS THAT THAT LINEAR AREA ALONG OKLAHOMA DRIVE, WHICH IS AGAIN, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL PROVIDE AN ARCHITECTURAL SET OF IMAGERY TO WHAT THE MASTER PLAN HAS INTERNALLY TO IT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S FOUR EXCUSE ME, THAT'S FIVE. FOUR IS ACTUALLY THAT LARGER MULTI-USE COMMERCIAL ZONE, ROUGHLY EIGHT EIGHT ACRES. THAT WILL BE PROBABLY SOME OF THE LATER STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU GO FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. FOOD HALLS AGAIN IN THAT AREA UP NEAR ASH STREET AND OKLAHOMA, ROUGHLY 2.2 ACRES, WE COULD EASILY SEE A COUPLE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA, HAVING A REAL FARM TO TABLE TYPE OF CHARACTERISTIC PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS BRANCH CREEK, SURFACE PARKING ON THE SITE AND EVERYTHING. BUT A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO VERY IMPORTANT STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN. THE DISTILLERY BREWPUB BEER GARDEN ITSELF, ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER AN ACRE AND A HALF, HAS THOSE EXISTING SILOS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE SILOS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THEMED COMPONENTS, SIGNAGE, SOME TYPE OF RE-ACTIVATION OF THOSE USES SO THAT THEY ARE REALLY LANDMARK COMPONENTS FOR THE PROPERTY ITSELF. AGAIN, ROUGHLY 17 TO 18,000FTā !S OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS PROPERTY. THE CREEKSIDE RESTAURANTS, IT'S THOSE THREE RESTAURANTS THAT I KIND OF CALL AN ARC A RING. YOU COULD IMAGINE A BOARDWALK CONNECTING ALL THREE OF THOSE RESTAURANTS TOGETHER BACK ON THE BACKSIDE OF DOE BRANCH CREEK. AGAIN, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, OUTDOOR DINING, DOG FRIENDLY, OF COURSE. AND THE VERY IMPORTANT THING YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THIS ONE PROPERTY, THERE IS A RECTANGLE THERE IN THAT DASHED AREA THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE FUTURE POTENTIAL FOR A PARKING GARAGE. AS WE SEE GROWTH AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE SUCCESS OF OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO THAT BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER, THE HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER, THAT KIND OF BORDERS THAT EVENT SPACE AT ABOUT AN ACRE AND A HALF, A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE DOWNTOWN USES TO SERVE THE MUNICIPAL SUCCESS THAT'S GOING ON HERE FOR OVERNIGHT GUESTS AND EVERYTHING, AND A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR CONFERENCES FROM WITHIN THE LINE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WANTING TO USE THAT FACILITY AND TO THEN EXTEND THAT INDOOR OUTDOOR SUCCESS OF[00:15:01]
AN OUTDOOR EVENT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL NODE, THAT EIGHT ACRE SITE, ALL SURFACE PARKING AGAIN, OPPORTUNITY FOR A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF VENUES. BUT CLEARLY THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT RIGHT TO DOE BRANCH CREEK CLEARLY NEEDS TO HAVE A STRONG PEDESTRIAN CHARACTER ON THAT SIDE. AND AGAIN, THE RETAIL OFFICE ALONG OKLAHOMA DRIVE AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL THEMING STANDPOINT. AND THEY THAT THEY SHOW THAT WONDERFUL CHARACTER OF ARCHITECTURE WITHIN THE PROPERTY ITSELF. HERE YOU SEE JUST A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PEDESTRIAN SPINE, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TRAILS ON BOTH SIDES, SEVERAL DIFFERENT BRIDGES ALLOWING YOU CONNECTIVITY AND ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED VEHICULAR BRIDGE AT THE CENTER THAT WOULD PROVIDE AN EDGE TO THE FESTIVAL PARK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS VEHICULAR ROADWAY TO RUN EAST AND HAVE A POTENTIAL CONNECTION WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO GO ALL THE WAY TO PRESTON ROAD, WHICH AGAIN WOULD PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS ADDRESS AND ACCESS FOR THE HOTEL AND FOR THIS EVENT, FESTIVAL PARK, WE CAN SEE THE THE PUBLIC STREET NETWORK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE THE DEVELOPMENT BASICALLY IN SHAPE OF A T NORTH TO SOUTH, RUNNING ALONG THE EXISTING RAILROAD CONNECTIVITY GOING OVER ACROSS THE CREEK, ACROSS DOE BRANCH TO OKLAHOMA DRIVE, CONNECTING THE SURFACE PARKING LOTS AND ALLOWING PARKING TO BE SHARED WITHIN THOSE AREAS. A STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR A NICE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPE TO BE INCLUDED. SITE AMENITIES. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND FAMILY TYPES OF USES. SOME TYPE OF A OF A CENTRALLY THEMED PLAYGROUND, A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT PUBLIC LARGE PUBLIC SPACE NEXT TO THE FUTURE HOTEL AS A AS AN AMPHITHEATER FOR MUSIC AND EVENTS AND LARGE PUBLIC USES, ALONG WITH ALLOWING CONNECTIVITY FOR SOME OF THE CITYWIDE USES. AND YOU NOTICE UNDER THE LAST ITEM THERE, UNDER OTHER ITEMS, WE'VE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS TO GO UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND CONNECT TO THE WESTERN PROPERTY, WHERE WE HAVE HEARD THERE'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OVERFLOW PARKING CONNECTIVITY FOR THE FOR THE COMPONENT HERE, WE HAVE THOSE LANDMARK GRAIN SILOS AND JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMAGERY OF WHAT THEY COULD, WHAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE, AND HOW THEY WOULD CONNECT INTO THE THEMATIC COMPONENTS AS IT WOULD RELATE TO THE BEER GARDEN. AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE COMPONENTS AS WE RELATE TO ACTION ITEMS BY MISTER CLAUNCH. THANK YOU JASON. THANK YOU.RICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. SO IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN STRATEGY FOR THE DOUGH BRANCH CREEK. SO A LOT OF OUR EMPHASIS WOULD BE WORKING OUT THE HYDROLOGY OF THAT.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME LEVEL OF ENGINEERING PRE-DIVE ENGINEERING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO, TO SORT OF MASSAGE SOME OF THE PLANNING WORK. AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO CODIFY THIS.
I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS VISION AND ACTUALLY WRAP IT INTO SOME CHARACTER BASED, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE SO THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN CREATE ADJACENCY PREDICTABILITY, BUT ALSO SOME INTRINSIC VALUE WITH, WITH HAVING THIS PLAN CODIFIED. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO THE DESIGN OF THE CREEK ITSELF, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENTS THAT MAY BE MORE CHALLENGING TO SYNDICATE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND SO REALLY EXPLORING THE LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO TO IN ORDER TO POSITION THIS FOR, FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU NEED TO DO ALL THE WORK, BUT PROBABLY JUST SOME LEVEL OF, OF PRE DEV ENGINEERING AND SOME HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT THE STRATEGY OF, OF THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CROSSING THAT RICK HAD MENTIONED FOR THE FUTURE PEDESTRIAN. AND OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THIS IS ADJACENT TO THE RAILROAD, THE, YOU KNOW, THE STATUS OF THE QUIET ZONE BEFORE SOLIDIFYING THOSE ELEMENTS. AND THEN WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS REALLY LINKING IT TO THE SQUARE. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HOSPITALITY, I THINK ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED. WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC AND CAREFUL IN TERMS OF THE MERCHANDIZING STRATEGY, NOT TO SET UP ANY DUPLICATION BETWEEN THIS AND DOWNTOWN. SO I THINK
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THAT STRATEGY NEEDS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PLAY IT OUT. THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITERATIVE STEPS. AT ONE POINT. WE HAD SOME RESIDENTIAL IN THE LARGEST POD. EIGHT WE REMOVED THAT, I THINK, DUE TO CONTROVERSY. AND I THINK WE CAME UP WITH A VERY FLEXIBLE PROGRAM. BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE LAID THIS OUT, THAT WE'VE LAID IT OUT IN A WAY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR INITIAL MANDATES, IS THAT WE DO THIS TO ALLOW THE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS ON AN ITERATIVE BASIS THAT NO ONE POD OR NOT ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE DONE, PROBABLY OTHER THAN THE HYDROLOGY AND SOME LINKAGES, SO THAT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY ALLOW THIS TO BE DEVELOPED OVER TIME, INCREMENTALLY, BUT POSITIONED IN A WAY THAT EACH PHASE CAN BUILD UPON ITSELF AND CREATE MORE VALUE. AND THEN AS THE PROJECT MATURES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WAYFINDING BRANDING, YOU KNOW, MERCHANDIZING AND ANY SYNERGISTIC BRANDING AND MARKETING WITH DOWNTOWN, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THAT HOTEL COMPONENT WOULD BE SYMBIOTIC TO WHATEVER EVENTS AND PROGRAMING THAT HAPPENS REGIONALLY AND CITYWIDE OBVIOUSLY WOULD HELP FOSTER SOME ADDITIONAL ROOM NIGHTS AND SORT OF VISIBILITY FOR THE HOTEL. ONE OF THE THINGS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IN DETAIL ON SORT OF THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT MIGHT BE IN PLAY FOR THIS SITE, KNOWING THAT THE EDC ALREADY OWNS IT. BUT WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT THE FISCAL IMPACT AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT BASED ON THE PROGRAM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CAPACITY NOT ONLY FOR THE RETURN OF YOUR INVESTMENT, BUT ALSO THE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT, WHICH WAS PART OF OUR INITIAL STRATEGY.AND THEN AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT LINKING THIS TO AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH, BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF YOURSELVES IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT YOU MAKE IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU, YOU ALLOW THAT MARKET OPPORTUNITIES TO CATCH UP WITH THAT. RATHER, IF YOU DO THIS WHOLESALE WITH ONE MASTER DEVELOPER OR YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS IN PHASES, WE'VE WE'VE POTTED IT OUT WHERE YOU COULD DO EITHER OR. AND SO WE'VE CREATED AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY IN THE PROCESS AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF JUST A TIME HORIZON, OBVIOUSLY ADOPTING THE MASTER PLAN. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET THUMBS UP TODAY FROM YOU GUYS, AND WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG TO COUNCIL, START WORKING ON CODIFYING THIS WITH SOME SORT OF CHARACTER BASED ZONING TO LOCK IN THE VISION, BUT ALLOW FOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY SO THAT IF YOU GET USES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT WITHIN EACH POD, WE CAN ADJUST THAT. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RELATIONSHIPS TO BUILDINGS OF THE CREEK AND SOME OF THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO LOCK IN THE HYDROLOGY WORK. AGAIN, WORKING ON SOME OF THE MOBILITY AND ACCESS FRAMEWORK. ONE OF THE BIG KIND OF IDEAS IS THAT CONNECTION TO PRESTON ROAD. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AS BEING A SIGNATURE GATEWAY, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND OBVIOUSLY COORDINATED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS. AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT ALL THE HISTORIC COMPONENTS AND INTEGRATING THE ENTITLEMENTS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST PHASE OF THIS WOULD BE RECRUITMENT AND PROMOTION.
ULTIMATELY, WE'D SEE THE FUNCTION, THE FUNCTIONAL CENTRAL SPACE PARKING STRATEGIES, AND THEN OTHER SORT OF HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT PLAY OUT. AND THEN ULTIMATELY KIND OF THE LAST PHASES WE WOULD SEE AS THE PROJECT MATURES, THE STRUCTURE GARAGE, MAYBE THE HOSPITALITY PIECE, AND MAYBE RESOLVING AT THIS POINT, JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG, SOME OF THE CRITICAL ITEMS WITH MAYBE THE RAILROAD, MAYBE THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BECAUSE THOSE ITEMS TAKE SO LONG, WE WOULD SEE THAT MAYBE BEING PUSHED BACK IN THE BACK. AND WE DESIGNED IT A WAY WHERE THOSE ARE VALUE ADD, BUT WE DIDN'T RELY ON THE PLAN. IF BASS BNSF SAYS NO, THEN WE'RE NOT DEAD IN THE WATER. WE DO HAVE SORT OF THE CONNECTION THAT WE NEED. THAT'S AT LEAST STRUCTURAL. AGAIN, WE'VE LAID OUT THOSE STEPS WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF. WE'VE LAID OUT A SERIES OF TOOLS, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR OWNERSHIP AND THE FACT THAT THE EDC OWNS THIS, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY TOURS, GRANT FUNDING, HOT TAX WITH THE HOTEL THAT COULD BE USED TO HELP REINVEST IN SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THE CREEK ITSELF TO BRANCH CREEK, THERE'S THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME ELIGIBLE GRANTS THAT WOULD LIKELY BE APPLICABLE. WE TOOK THE PROGRAM THAT WAS LAID OUT AND CALCULATED THE ESTIMATED RETURN OF INVESTMENT. AND BASED ON THE PROGRAM, AGAIN, THIS IS AT BUILD OUT. THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE, BUT WE SEE ABOUT 1,000,008 IN REVENUE FROM HOTEL SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX THAT COULD BE GENERATED. AND SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PAYBACK AND MECHANISMS AND VALUE, ESSENTIALLY THIS, OUR ROLE WAS LOOKING AT VALUE CREATION AND VALUE CAPTURE SO THAT ESSENTIALLY WE COULD JUSTIFY THE PROCESS ITSELF. SO YOU LOOK AT AGAIN THE ESTIMATED BASIS, JUST THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, FULL BUILD OUT WOULD BE ABOUT 7.2 YEARS, AGAIN, UPON MATURATION. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALL BACK OF THE ENVELOPE THAT DIDN'T THAT DIDN'T CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OR MAJORITY OF THIS COST GET
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SYNDICATED TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR THROUGH PERFORMANCE BASED AGREEMENTS AND OTHER MECHANISMS, SO THAT YOU'RE NOT CARRYING ALL THE WEIGHT. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS AT A HIGH LEVEL ASSUMPTION. WE'VE DESIGNED THIS PLAN THAT THE PROGRAM COULD CHANGE. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE GOT NOW SORT OF SOME BENCHMARKS AND BASELINE THAT WE COULD USE TO ASSESS FUTURE DECISION MAKING. RICK, DID I MISS ANYTHING? JASON, THANKS AGAIN. JUST AGAIN, TO KIND OF HEAD ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THAT ANTHONY MENTIONED. WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE SERIES OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC COMPONENTS THAT WERE RELATED TO GETTING CITIZEN INPUT. WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING BACK IN MAY IN THIS EXACT FACILITY HERE, HAD A NICE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP TALKING TO US ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. AND CLEARLY, THE OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT WAS THAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN AND WOULD EXACTLY COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING TYPE OF DOWNTOWN CHARACTER AND SOME OF THE USES IN THE AREA. WE HAD A WEBSITE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET COMMENTS BACK FROM CITIZENS AND OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS 24 OVER SEVEN ON THEIR INPUT INTO THE THE PROJECT ITSELF, WHICH WE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND IS REALLY KIND OF THE VOGUE WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THAT AND THAT A, AN ONLINE SURVEY, AGAIN, THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING SIGNIFICANT NICE TYPES OF INPUT AND AGAIN, WIDELY POSITIVE ON THESE USES. SO A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND GOOD SUCCESS ABOUT THIS. AND AS JASON MENTIONED, AND IT'S WORTH NOTING, WE DID HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL AS A PART OF THIS PLAN AT ONE TIME. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE ONE ITEM THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK ON. SO WE'RE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT USE AND THAT CLEARLY SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T GET AN OVERABUNDANCE OF MULTIFAMILY. AND MY COMMENT ON THAT WAS JUST TO SAY THAT WE'VE CREATED THIS TO ACCOMMODATE KIND OF A FLEXIBLE AMOUNT OF MARKET DESIGN, NOT THAT RESIDENTIAL IS BAD OR THE COMMERCIAL SETUP IS NECESSARILY PREMIER IN TERMS OF POLITICS TODAY, YOU ALL HAVE SORT OF AN AMOUNT OF URBAN RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE PLAN IS NOT RELIANT ON THAT. WE SET UP THE POD TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE SO THAT YOU COULD ACCOMMODATE A NUMBER OF MARKET NEEDS AS THE MARKET CHANGES, SO THAT ESSENTIALLY Y'ALL CAN HARNESS AS MUCH MARKET DEMAND AS POSSIBLE. SO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR US. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE? SO IS THE CIRCLE SUPPOSED TO BE TIED TO THE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT? EXACTLY. THEY'RE JUST TIED INTO A PERCENTAGE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE 18 OR SO QUESTIONS THAT WE WE HAD INCLUDED. BECAUSE IF I'M LOOKING AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE FOR FAST, YOU GOT 29, IT'S THAT PERCENTAGE IS IN THE CIRCLE. IT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS ON THE LEFT HAND.EXACTLY. THE, THE NUMBERS ADJACENT TO THE TO THE RESPONSES 29, 32, 13 ARE THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED. WE DIDN'T GET ACTUALLY THE SAME NUMBER OF RESPONSES THAT ALL QUESTIONS. YEAH. ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I JUST GIVE MY $0.02. I SAT IN ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF VARIOUS USES AND THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK WE GOT TO A A GOOD FLEXIBLE END WHERE WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PIVOT IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME OUR WAY. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO KIND OF PROCEED FORWARD WITH A VISION THAT I THINK FITS WELL FOR THIS AREA, BUT ALSO GIVES US FLEXIBILITY IF SOMETHING DOES NEED TO CHANGE, OR IF AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN'T SAY NO TO COMES OUR WAY. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO I THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO REMAIN OPEN MINDED, ESPECIALLY AS THOSE THINGS COME DOWN THE PIKE IF THAT HAPPENS. BUT WE'VE GOT A REALLY SOLID PLAN HERE, I FEEL, AND I'M HAPPY WITH WHERE IT TURNED OUT. I AGREE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT LAYOUT AND IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACETS AND POSSIBILITIES AND GIVES SOME FLEXIBILITY ON IT. WITH REGARDS TO THE CROSSING OF THE RAILROAD.
AND JASON, YOU SPOKE TO THIS A LITTLE BIT. WHAT WAS THE VISION ON THAT? IS THE INTENT TO BE SURFACE ABOVE GRADE, BELOW GRADE, OR WHAT WE ALL THINKING ON THAT? OBVIOUSLY AT SUNSET THAT'D BE SURFACE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING AWAY. BUT WE'D LIKE TO PURSUE BELOW GRADE CROSSING TO CONNECT IN THE INTO THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FURTHER TO THE WEST IF POSSIBLE.
SO, OKAY, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE NOT A HAVE TO HAVE, BUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME LEVEL OF EFFORT. SO I SPENT 7 OR 8 YEARS JUST GETTING TO SEWER CROSSING FROM THE RAILROAD RUN. SO BUT I'D BE WILLING TO TRY IT AGAIN. AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD OPTION IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND MULTIMODAL MOBILITY. AND I THINK IT WOULD HOPEFULLY
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FALL ON THE RIGHT EARS. WE'VE GOT SOME CONNECTIONS THERE, BUT I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN YEARS, 1 OR 2, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A HOT MINUTE. AND BNSF IS A PLEASURE TO DEAL WITH. IS EVERYBODY THAT DEALS WITH RAILROADS AWARE. TRYING TO LOOK AT. SO I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS THERE IS. THAT'S A GIANT DRAINAGE DITCH WITHIN THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY, AND I KNOW IT CROSSES UNDER IT AT SOME POINT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THAT CROSSING IS ABOVE OR BELOW THAT POINT, OR WAS THAT FACTORED IN? THERE'S A MILD AMOUNT OF CIVIL, PROBABLY ENGINEERING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO NOT NOT NECESSARILY VET OUT THE STRATEGY, BUT REFINE THE STRATEGY. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ELEMENTS FOR SURE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT A LOT OF HYDROLOGY AND GRADING, AND THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AT THIS LEVEL. I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD VISION. I KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO LAND NOW. WE JUST NEED TO SEE WHAT CAN BE NETTED OUT AFTER SORT OF THE CIVIL PROCESS. OKAY. YEAH. AND I KNOW IT'S HIGH LEVEL AND JUST ASKING THE QUESTION IF IT WAS CONSIDERED OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU ALL.APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT IN ON THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR STOLEN PRESENTATIONS. ARE WE MOVING ON? WE'RE WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE
[V.B. Consider and act to approve an Economic Development and Performance Agreement with CJS Family Properties, LLC.]
INTO ACTION ITEMS. WE ALREADY DID. ACTION ITEM A, ACTION ITEM B, CONSIDER AN ACT TO APPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH CJS FAMILY PROPERTIES, LLC. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 139 NORTH OHIO STREET. THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE FACADE. THIS WAS THE FORMER LODGE BUILDING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROGRAM FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TO GO TO TWO STORIES RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR OFFICE ON THE SECOND.THIS IS A LAYOUT OF THE FIRST FLOOR CONCEPT AS WELL AS THE SECOND FLOOR. THERE'S A PROJECTED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COST OF $750,000 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. SCOPE OF WORK IS A RENOVATION REMODEL. ADDITION OF A SECOND STORY INSTALLATION OF A LIMITED USE LIMITED APPLICATION ELEVATOR FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, AND A NEW SEWER LINE TO REPLACE THE SHARED CAST IRON SEWER CURRENTLY RUNNING TO THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES FOR THE AGREEMENT. DEAL POINTS THE CITY OF SALINA AGREES TO REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER $75,000 FOR QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES DISBURSED AS FOLLOWS. $25,000 UPON OBTAINING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE FACILITY BY DECEMBER OF 27. $25,000. ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THEN THE FINAL PAYMENT, $25,000 ON THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. YOU CAN SEE UP HERE. CDC THEN AGREES FOR THAT SAME EXACT STRUCTURE, ALSO PUTTING IN $75,000 TO QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES AS FAR AS PERFORMANCE METRICS, OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACES MUST REMAIN IN ACTIVE USE FOR THE FULL TERM OF THE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT. EMPLOYMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT FTES THAT MUST MEET OR EXCEED THE PROJECTED JOB CREATION ESTIMATES. AND THERE'S THE ANNUAL OR EXCUSE ME, THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT COST OF $750,000. THAT HAS TO BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WITH, OF COURSE, COMPLIANCE VERIFIED THROUGH THE SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF ITEMIZED RECEIPTS FOLLOWING CDC BOARD CONSIDERATION, THIS AGREEMENT WILL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 13TH FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY THE BOARD? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AS WRITTEN. SECOND MOTION BY CODY, SECOND BY CINDY. ALL IN FAVOR? IN FAVOR. ITEM C REGULAR EDC BOARD MEETING
[V.C. Regular EDC Board Meeting Minutes - August 4th, 12:00pm.]
MINUTES FOR AUGUST 4TH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MEETING MINUTES? SEEING NONE.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND MOTION BY CODY, SECOND BY ANDREW. ALL IN FAVOR? IN FAVOR. ITEM D IS REGULAR EDC BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM
[V.D. Regular EDC Board Meeting Minutes - September 1st, 12:00pm.]
SEPTEMBER 1ST. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE TWO. SECOND BY CODY, SECOND BY ANDREW. ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE IN[VI.A. Discussion regarding the Celina Connection Initiative.]
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FAVOR. NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM A DISCUSSION REGARDING SALINA CONNECTION INITIATIVE.GOOD AFTERNOON. A LOT OF THE FUN LITTLE STUFF THAT WE GET TO DO IS ABOUT CONNECTING PEOPLE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SALINA EDC, WE TALK ABOUT CONNECTING. SO THIS IS ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE SAY YOURSELF WITH CROSSLAND COMING IN AND SAYING, HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY? HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED WITH THE CDC? AND THEN HOW ALSO DO WE GET INVOLVED WITH DOWNTOWN COMMISSION? SO THIS IS KIND OF AN INITIATIVE. JUST KIND OF WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THIS IS JUST A NOD TO GO AND POSSIBLY COMMUNICATE THIS AND TO THE COMMISSION OR TO THE COUNCILORS NEXT WEEK. SO THIS IS REALLY TO CONNECT PEOPLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S TO ENGAGE PEOPLE AND IT'S TO GROW. SO ALL OF THOSE, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK ONE OF THEM NOW, OR YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A WHOLE, I GUESS, PARTNERSHIP THROUGH ALL OF OUR EDC AND CITY INITIATIVES. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OUR BUSINESS GROWTH SERIES. THERE COULD BE AN EXAMPLE THAT SOMEBODY COULD SPONSOR THAT AND BE NOT ONLY A PARTNER IN THAT WITH THE CDC, BUT THEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THE ATRIUM. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU COULD DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BRING IS, YES, WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR GROWTH SERIES, OUR BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES. YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ANNUAL GROWTH ROUND SERIES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO DO SOME ONE OFFS FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR DOWNTOWN, FOR DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING, BUT BUILD THOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE LEGISLATURES, BUT ALSO BRING THEM INTO SALINA. ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO BRING IS SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCE TO TO SALINA ITSELF.
SO WHETHER WE GO AND GET SPEAKERS, WHETHER WE BRING IN PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF AS EXPERTS TO TALK TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO GET INVOLVED. AGAIN, DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLES. AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, THE PRESTON, THE OUTER LOOP, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO BRING PEOPLE. PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH SALINA. AND SO THESE ARE JUST INVESTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GET THEIR NAME, BUT ALSO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP VALUE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE EDC IS REALLY YOUR CONNECTOR AND YOUR COLLABORATOR. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND WE'VE KIND OF HAD IT LAST YEAR, WAS WITH OUR COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE.
THAT WAS MORE OF OUR MARKETING LAUNCH, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY LISTENING, BUT ALSO SHARING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT DIFFERENT THAN OUR BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE THAT WE HOST AT THE PGA. ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, MELISSA AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S SUMMIT AND TOOK A GROUP OF LADIES AND WOMEN TO THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP. SO THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABOUT BRINGING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HERE IN SALINA. EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN REALLY INVOLVED WITH OUR BSP PROGRAMS. WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT. SO AGAIN, THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD THE ATRIUM ACTIVATION. SO THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE BUSINESSES CAN USE THAT ATRIUM, WHETHER IT'S A FRIDAY NIGHT MARKET OR JUST USE IT DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS, ENTREPRENEUR SHOWCASES AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. AGAIN, WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS THAT IF, SAY, SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE NOTARIZED IN ANY OF THE CONTENT THAT WE DO OR SPONSOR ANYTHING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS IN THE NOSE VIDEOS THAT WE DO, ALSO ABOUT CONTENT THAT WE HAVE FOR SALINA.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE LOOKING INTO SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS IN WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THE, THE GREATNESS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN SALINA OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES, BUT IT CREATES A CUSTOM OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR AUDIENCE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BUILDING, AN ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP, IT'S LIKE SOMEONE COMING TO CLINT WITH WESTWOOD, RIGHT? YOU GET ASKED IS HOW CAN YOU SPONSOR THE AND BE INVOLVED WITH. THEY SEE THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY OF SALINA, HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED WITH THE EDC? SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. WE HELP COLLABORATE ALL OF THOSE ASSETS TOGETHER, AND THEN WE KIND OF COME UP WITH A STRATEGY FOR YOU TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. SAME THING WITH METHODIST, SAME THING WITH CROSSLAND, SAME THING FOR EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY GETS NICKELED AND DIMED, AND WE WANT TO BE THE COLLABORATOR AND COME UP WITH A GREAT PLAN FOR YOU TO GET THE BEST EXPOSURE FOR YOUR COMPANY OR BUSINESS OR EVEN ORGANIZATION. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. NOT EVERYONE'S TALENTS ARE MONEY OR TREASURES, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO
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MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CASH. SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A 1418 COFFEE SHOP AND THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED, WE'RE PURCHASING COFFEE. WE'RE WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT THEY CAN BE INVOLVED THERE. WHETHER IT'S WE WORK WITH A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND THEY'RE THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. IT'S A MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT OUT OF OUR BUDGET. BUT IF WE CAN PARTNER AND HELP A LOCAL BUSINESS, IT'S JUST A, I GUESS, A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT COMES WITH YOUR, WHAT YOU HAVE AS AN ASSET. AND WE PUT IT TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND HOPEFULLY YOUR GOALS. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER THE WORKSHOPS, WHETHER IT'S THE ROUNDTABLES, WHETHER IT'S THE CONFERENCES, WHETHER IT'S ALL DOWN TO THE NEWSLETTER, IT JUST GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY VAGUE. WE'RE JUST KIND OF PUTTING IN NUMBERS IN ADVANCE, BUT WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO GET Y'ALL'S INPUT OF, AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP. WE'RE NOT JUST ASKING FOR HOW, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ASK HOW WE CAN HELP YOU BE AN INTRICATE PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO OUR JOB WOULD BE, TELL US YOUR GOALS, LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE IS. AND THEN WE WOULD COME UP WITH A POTENTIAL PLAN THAT HOPEFULLY MEETS THE BUDGET AND THEN HELPS EVERYBODY IN ONCE. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN HELP ANSWER FOR THIS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I'LL BE THE DUMMY IN THE ROOM. SO IF YOU'RE DOING A CHAMBER SPONSORSHIP, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE 5O1C3. SO THERE'S A TAX BENEFIT TO DOING THAT. IS THERE A SIMILAR IF THEY'RE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THIS OR IS IT JUST YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING INTO THE EDC. SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO OPPORTUNITIES. WHETHER WE CREATE ANOTHER FOUNDATION THAT'S POSSIBLY OR IF WE CREATE ACTUALLY HELP WITH TAX INCENTIVES TO THAT. JUST AS YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL PARTNERSHIP IS 100% WROTE OFF. SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE INVOLVING HERE. PLUS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LOOKED IN IS TO HAVE GRANTS TO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD SAY IS HOW AWESOME IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WHETHER WE GO FOR A GRANT FOR DOWNTOWN COMMISSION OR WE DO IT FOR CDC OR HOWEVER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF ANOTHER PLATFORM TO GO WITH. OKAY. I LIKE THE ANYBODY THAT'S PLAYED IN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT KNOWS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HIT YOU UP FOR SOME CONTRIBUTION AT EVERY HOLE, WHICH IS A GIANT PAIN, BUT BEING ABLE TO DO IT UP FRONT AND JUST WRITE A CHECK FOR WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE AND NOT GET HARASSED THROUGHOUT THE WAY IS NICE. AND SAME THING WITH DOING SPONSORSHIPS. THE CITY DOES A GOOD JOB OF REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE KEY SPONSORS AND GETTING SOMETHING SET UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. CHAMBER DOES THE SAME. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND A GREAT WAY TO DO SOME FUNDRAISING AND GIVE SOME SPOTLIGHTS TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY OR SOME OF THE COMPANIES. SO YEAH, AND ONE THING, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION REAL QUICK TOO, THAT PART OF THIS IS, IS THE COORDINATION. I THINK YOU HIT ON IT TOO, BUT THAT COORDINATION WITH THE CITY'S MARKETING TEAM FOR EVENTS, THERE'S SOME, OF COURSE, DOWNTOWN COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND THEN CHAMBER. AND SO REALLY MAKING SURE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS TYPE OF PROCESS WITH JOE AND HIS TEAM ABOUT HOW THIS AFFECTS EVENTS. AND WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY THERE.ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS WE HEAR FROM BUSINESSES WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM THROUGH OUR BRC PROCESS IS THAT THERE FEELS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF ONE OFF REQUESTS. AND SO PART OF THIS IS TO SOLVE FOR THAT AND KIND OF COME AT IT FROM A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. ONE WAY THAT WE THINK WILL BE REALLY GREAT IS TO ISSUE WHAT WE KIND OF CALL NOW AS A RESOURCE GUIDE.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THIS CONNECTION COMES FROM. BUT PUBLISH AN ANNUAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL LIST ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT BUSINESSES HAVE A CHANCE KIND OF AT THE, AT THE ONSET OF THE YEAR, TO GO THROUGH THAT AND GET A FEEL FOR WHAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE EXPANDED OUT POTENTIALLY TO NONPROFITS IN THE FUTURE OR OTHER? SALINA. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'D HAVE TO BE SALINA NONPROFITS. THAT'S A, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SCENARIO FROM A POTENTIAL LIABILITY PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL. BUT CERTAINLY FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, BEING ABLE TO PUBLISH THAT ANNUALLY AND THEN AS WELL WITH CHAMBER OPPORTUNITIES, TUCSON AND ISDS, SINCE THEY'RE PARTNERS WITH THE CITY. OKAY, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS. ONE COMMENT TO JUST IN TERMS OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE GOOD TO COMPARE NOTES WITH. I KNOW SALINA ISD IS GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR CONSOLIDATION EXERCISE OF CREATING A TOP OF THE FUNNEL. YOU GUYS MAY BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO WE'VE MET WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT FOCUS, RIGHT? BUT KIND OF SIMILAR NATURE AND EXECUTION. SO IF THERE'S ANY SYNERGIES IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE DOING IT OR HOW THEY'RE DOING
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IT, THAT MIGHT BE A HELPFUL PLACE TO LOOK IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT.I'VE BEEN VISITED WITH THEM AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF WHAT PUT IT TOGETHER. PLUS, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE SAY WE JUST GET UP EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND THAT WILL
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